Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-03

TEE London Daily Nesos protests againsf
the aupointnaent of Lord Lytton as minister
to Paris to replace Lord Lyons, VINO Is to be
retired
AN 9explosion occurred at Dunkirh.
France. recently when fire broke out inn
mejiateIy ana the building was ruined.
The flames spread to adjoining sawmills.
Several persons persisted in the flames, and
several others were seriously burned
ADv1cEs from Wady Halfa say that 500
deryishes attacked the town recently but
were repuIsed and pursued and many
trilled. Four Of the Egyptians were killed.
Ara meeting of the Royal Clyde Yacht
Climb Scotland, it was resolved 10 chal-
lenge for the Americas cup next year In
the name of Mr.. Charles Sweet, who will
build q boat to enter the contest The new
Yacht will be a cutter
CALVIN S. BRIcE has been elected presi-
dent of the Lake Erie & Western railway
to succeed c. R. Cummings, resigned. The
directors have decided 10 pay Iour per cent.
per year in dividends.
ISone dav during his hunting trip the
AGED Emperor of Germany killed four deer
and eleven bears. He also played billiards.
AL suits by the Oregon Transconti-
mental railway against the Northern Pa
cific have been withdrawn.
The Hungarian delegation in the lmper-
ial RelchStaR mas SciSSSSu OAi~A 10y
maid as its president
TIE Car has appointed committee to
select a successor to NJ. Katkoff as man.
ager of the Moscow Gazette
PRINCE ZARToRIsKI's historic castle at
Justooska, near Cracow, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The contents OF the pic
ture gallery, which occupied the whole or
the second story, were lost The gallery
contained a valuable collection Of art Gu
rios
FROM September % to the present time
shocks OF earthquakes have been felt al
most daiIy on the island of Hayti. In con-
sequence panic has seized the inhabitants
and business has almost been suspended
A SHARP engagement has taken place on
the frontier of Servia between Albanian
brieands, who attempted TO raid into Servla,
and force of frontier guards len Ser
yians and twenty Albanians were Killed
REV. c. H. SPURGEoN, the great English
preacher has withdrawn from the Baptist
Union. His objection TO the Union was
based on the allegation that hereiical de-
nominations and even intidels were admit
ted to membership.
TIE French Budget Committee has re-
lected the appropriation for the Vatican
embassy.
SIR WILLIAM VERNON HARCoURT, in q
speech at Portsmouth, England, recently,
declared that there was only one settle
ment of the Irish question, and that was
home rule. He criticised Churchill Sc
verely.
THE woolen mill in Hespler. Ont, owned
by John Harvey and j. r. McQuestion has
been seized at the instance OF the Bank Of
Montreal under a chattel mortgage Tor
$40 O0O.
S. INGRAHAM has been reelected secre-
tary OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers.
THE French Chamber of Deputies has
voted life pensions TO all persons wounded
in the revolution of 1913
A SNAIL majority OF the leading Scottish
Conservatives favor an extension of the
suffrage TO women.
PRINCE FERDINAND opened the Bulgarian
Sobranje in person on the 9th.
WADY HALFA, in Upper Egypt, IS re-
ported threatened by 2. $40 SOudanese.
WAR is imminent in Zululand against an
nexatlon to Natal, and Sir Arthur Have
lock, Governor of Natal, with 1850 troops
drafted from the colony, has started for
the territory formerly possessed by Cete-
wayo, where the latter's son, Dinlzulu,
heads the rising.
By the sinking of a fishing boat near
Halifax, n. S., the other day three men
were lost.
SIR WLFRED BLUNT, who was arrested
for speaking at National League meeting
in Ireland, was found guilty of violating
the Irish Grimes act and sentenced to two
months Imprisonment.
JAMES A. BAILEY has purchased the en-
tire interest of James L. Hutchinson, w.
w. Cole and j. E. Cooper in the Barnum
and London circus, menagerie, hippo
drome, etc. The firm will now be Barnum
& Bailey.